Charlie Thomas' Drifters 'Sweets For My Sweet" Live - 2005
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Charlie Thomas and his Drifters (Louis Bailey, Stephen Brown, Jerome Manning) perform the group's 1961 hit, "Sweets For My Sweet" on stage in York, Pennsylvania in 2005. Charlie joined the Drifters in 1958 and sang on more of the group's hit records than any other vocalist. Charlie was the lead singer on the original recording. Charlie Thomas died on January 31, 2023 at age 85.
About Charlie Thomas
Charles Nowlin Thomas (April 7, 1937 – January 31, 2023) was an American singer best known for his work with The Drifters. Thomas was performing with The Five Crowns at the Apollo Theater in 1958 when George Treadwell fired his group, called The Drifters. Treadwell recruited the Five Crowns to become the new Drifters. The new Drifters' first release was the 1959 hit "There Goes My Baby".
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